In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Well, it looks a bit better now."

After saying that, he walked towards the river while shouting to the people around him.

"Well, if you want a bell, you better show some real skill."

In the bushes, Naruto looked at Sasuke and said unhappily.

"Why are you looking at me? I can't break the illusion."

Before she could finish her words, Sakura opened her eyes. Her pupils suddenly dilated, then shrank again. Only when she saw Naruto and Sasuke did she finally calm down.

"Teacher Kakashi's hand seals are too fast." Sakura said with lingering fear.

Seeing Naruto and Sasuke looking at her, Sakura blinked and looked back. Seeing no one behind her, she asked in confusion.

"What are you looking at me doing?"

"Why did you wake up by yourself?" Naruto asked.

"The illusion can be broken," Sakura explained. "I just happen to be good at it, so I spent some time breaking it myself."

"It's mainly because Kakashi-sensei held back and didn't use his full strength."

Naruto was silent. Sakura was truly the limit of ordinary people. She had no bloodline to reach this point, all thanks to her good brain.

Perhaps because of the blow he'd received yesterday, he seemed much calmer. His smile was forced, and his face was filled with weariness.

Chapter 15 Answer

"I haven't got the bell yet," Naruto muttered.

The three of them hid in a forest, using tall bushes as cover. It was completely silent, and it seemed as if Kakashi had been waiting for them on the grass.

"Teacher Kakashi is too strong, we are no match for him." Sakura sighed, the scene of Kakashi performing hand seals was still vivid in her mind.

The seal was so fast that multiple afterimages appeared. There were probably two seals in one second. No, it should be three or four seals, right?

"The speed at which he formed seals was truly terrifying. It was simply not something a human could do."

Hearing this, Sasuke's face was filled with solemnity, while Naruto remained calm. Kakashi's hand seals were certainly fast; he didn't earn the title of the Ninja World's top technician for nothing.

That is Konoha's first all-powerful chakra-attribute copy monster after the Sandaime, who is proficient in thousands of ninjutsu.

Although Kakashi is not as powerful as the Sandaime, he deserves the title of genius.

"We must coordinate our attacks, otherwise we have no chance of winning." Sasuke said expressionlessly, "I'll be responsible for the strong attack, Sakura will be responsible for the interference, and Naruto will grab the bell."

"Wait, I..." Sakura was a little panicked, "I can't do it, my illusion is not effective against Kakashi teacher..."

"This is the only chance." Sasuke said in a deep voice.

"I..." Sakura lowered her head.

At this time, Naruto patted Sakura's shoulder and said comfortingly.

"Sakura, we'll buy you some time. You take advantage of the opportunity to use illusions on Kakashi-sensei. We'll leave our backs to you. You have to believe in yourself."

After hesitating for a moment, Sakura gritted her teeth and said "OK".

The ninja world is inherently cruel. If you can do something, you can do it; if you can't do something, you can't do it. Naruto discovered that neither Sasuke nor Sakura had the same exaggerated personalities as portrayed in the comics.

It's just a normal personality. Sakura is not that crazy, and Sasuke is not that cold and arrogant. They are all outstanding among the new generation, and their character is generally good.

Perhaps it is also related to the powerful strength displayed by Naruto. In short, for the time being, a kind of benign pressure has been formed between the three of them.

Coupled with Naruto's previous information sharing and the tacit cooperation just now, Team 7 has already developed a good tacit understanding before it is officially established.

There is no resentment or arrogance, only the belief in mutual cooperation.

The scorching sun hangs in the sky over the grass.

Kakashi leaned against the wooden stake leisurely, his eyes scanning the intimate paradise back and forth. It seemed that he had no defense at all against everything around him.

The wind blew through the trees, and Kakashi stopped turning the pages. Two sharp rustling sounds of air rang out from the jungle, breaking the tranquility of the grass.

The shuriken attacked, and the light reflected under the scorching sun flashed twice quickly, and the target was Kakashi next to the wooden stake.

With two muffled thuds, the shuriken missed, stabbing fiercely into the wooden stake. Kakashi had already jumped away, but before his feet touched the ground, Sasuke suddenly rushed out from his flank.

"Wasn't it Sasuke who just threw the shuriken?" Kakashi thought silently in his heart.

Come to think of it, in the information given by the Sandaime, Sasuke's shuriken subject score was the best among the three, which made Kakashi subconsciously think that those shurikens just now were thrown by Sasuke.

"The force of the throw was immense. It couldn't have been Sakura, so it had to be Naruto." Kakashi muttered, "Surprisingly good."

While Kakashi was still in the air, Sasuke immediately formed seals with his hands when he rushed out. Kakashi also noticed Sasuke's surprise attack and stared at Sasuke's hands.

"Si character seal? Fire escape?"

Si-Wei-Shen-Hai-Wu-Yin, five hand seals flew up and down, forming a huge fireball technique. The raging flames suddenly rushed towards Kakashi, forcing him to retreat again.

But as he walked, Kakashi instantly realized something was wrong. Although he avoided it, his body movements seemed to be much slower.

Illusion?

He didn't untie it on the spot, but looked in one direction and saw Sakura struggling to maintain the illusion hand seal.

Suddenly, Kakashi seemed to understand something. But before he could lower his head, he heard two ding-dong bells.

With a bang, white smoke filled the air, blurring his vision as a gust of wind blew past. Kakashi felt a sense of relief around his waist. When the smoke cleared, Naruto had already grasped the bell in his hand.

The other two members of the team breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Naruto succeeded and slowly approached.

Seeing this, Kakashi also stopped his actions.

Even though he had released as much water as the Pacific Ocean, the fact was that the bell was obtained by several people.

"Congratulations, you've successfully snatched the bell." Kakashi smiled with narrowed eyes, "By the way, you're the best coordinated team among the graduating Genin I've ever seen."

Hearing this, smiles appeared on the faces of the three people. Sakura was even more relieved, and her worried expression looked better.

But the next second, Kakashi suddenly changed the subject and his tone became serious.

"You only have two bells, so only two people can qualify, or one person."

As soon as the words fell, Sasuke and Sakura's eyes immediately focused on Naruto who was holding two bells.

"You can give one of the bells to another person, or you can choose not to give it to me. Well, if we train you individually, you can probably learn more from me."

"I am a jonin after all. Apart from the time I spend on missions, I don't have much time left to teach my disciples."

"It's better to teach one than two. This way I'll have an easier time."

Kakashi's words immediately made Sakura and Sasuke, who did not have bells in their hands, nervous. They looked at Naruto in panic.

Kakashi's words were too tempting. Sasuke and Sakura both understood that Naruto was the strongest among the three of them.

If Naruto chose to take the bell alone, they wouldn't be able to say anything. Although there would still be complaints, but...

Sakura was even more disheartened, her heart almost fell into an ice cave.

There were only two bells, and even if Naruto was willing to give one up, he probably wouldn't give it to himself. Who needs a companion who can't help at all?

"How about it?" Kakashi asked Naruto with a smile in his eyes, folding his hands, "Have you thought about it?"

"There's no need to think about this." Naruto raised the bell in his hand.

Upon hearing this, Sasuke and Sakura's expressions froze. Was it still the same? Perhaps he would improve faster if he were to receive instruction from a jonin alone.

The smile in Kakashi's eyes grew even brighter, and he lowered his arms. Just as he was about to speak, Naruto spoke again.

"I'm so strong now, I don't need any guidance at all!"

"What?" Sasuke was stunned.

Sakura held her breath and looked at Naruto with an incredible look.

As he spoke, Naruto threw the two bells back. The two bells seemed to have eyes and fell into Sasuke and Sakura's hands as lightly as falling leaves.

"Jōnin guidance or something." Naruto dug his ears and smiled brightly in the sunlight, "Sir, I don't need that at all!"

Chapter 16 Leo Sasuke (Seeking follow-up reading)

"You little brat." Kakashi was not angry at what Naruto said, but laughed instead, "Then you have to go back to the ninja school."

"I'll go back then. I'm so strong anyway. I can still be the top student in the grade when I go back." Naruto said nonchalantly, resting his head on his arms.

"No! He can't go back!" Sasuke gritted his teeth, walked in front of Kakashi and took out the bell, "Give him mine!"

"No, Sasuke, you and Naruto can't go back!" Sakura handed over the bell she had just received, "Teacher Kakashi, I'll give mine to Naruto."

"I can't help much anyway, it's always Naruto and Sasuke who are here..."

"Everyone passed." Kakashi said suddenly.

"Huh?" Sakura froze, the bell in her hand falling onto the grass.

"Jingle Bell!"

"Pass?" Sasuke was stunned.

"Passed, everyone passed!" Kakashi reiterated.

......

Hokage Building.

"This is how it is, Hokage-sama." Kakashi placed three ninja files on the Sandaime's desk.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't say anything, his eyes fixed on Naruto's file placed at the top, smoking his pipe.

After a long moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen put down his pipe and asked.

"Kakashi, what do you think?"

"Hokage-sama, the performance of the three of you today was commendable, but they are the best Genin team I have ever seen."

Kakashi said without emotion as he stood in front of the Sandaime's desk with his hands behind his back.

"Naruto seems to be able to use a small amount of the Nine-Tails' chakra power. Uchiha Sasuke has mastered the Fire Release Ninjutsu and has a strong ability to control chakra. Sakura has a talent for illusion and medical ninjutsu."

"So I asked Hokage-sama to recruit more people to speed up the training of Team 7 so that they can become independent sooner."

"Kakashi, you're too impatient." The Sandaime politely rejected Kakashi's request, "One is an Uchiha child, and the other is the village's Jinchūriki."

"Sasuke and Naruto are both important companions of the village in the future. Rather than letting them become independent too quickly, it is more important to cultivate their bond with the village."

When the Sandaime said this, Kakashi already understood what he meant and didn't say anything else.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

The Sandaime watched Kakashi slowly exit the office, and only sighed when the door closed. He then flipped his hands and picked up the three files to examine them carefully.

On the other side, Naruto was lying on the bed, shaking a bell in his hand. This was a bell Kakashi gave to Naruto later, as a souvenir.

A gentle breeze blew outside the window, and the bell in Naruto's hand jingled, echoing with the high and low sounds of the big bell outside the balcony.

Life is difficult to support alone.

Naruto will inevitably have to carry out future missions with Sasuke and Sakura, and they will inevitably form a bond. He also hopes that Sasuke and Sakura will become stronger, so that carrying out missions will be easier.

But with this village... Naruto really didn't have much affection for it. Ninjas just worked, working hard just to eat.

With a click, Naruto grabbed the bell and placed it casually on the bedside.

There's no point in overthinking it. Let's just take it one step at a time. At least make enough money for food first, and then we can deal with the rest as it comes.

Thinking of this, Naruto closed his eyes.

Time passed quickly as the three of them practiced climbing trees and treading water as usual. Since Naruto's chakra disorder had been resolved, everything went smoothly.

The three of them trained together from dawn to dusk, forgetting about time. Occasionally, they would do some D-rank missions, which was also a strict rule of Konoha.

Before accepting missions above C-rank, the Genin class must complete a certain number of D-rank missions, which is somewhat like gaining experience.

D-rank missions were simple, but the rewards were meager, and the actual money earned wasn't much. The continuous training had caused Naruto's appetite to increase significantly.

Naruto hadn't considered relying on the system for tree climbing and water treading techniques. He still needed to work hard on some of the basics.

Thanks to the system, he had already gained some of the Nine-Tailed Fox's power, the Four-Tailed Fusion, and the full-level Fishing Technique. Although he had given up on the Multiple Shadow Clones, he was not in a hurry.

I can ask the village for that ninjutsu when I become stronger. If that doesn't work, learning a shadow clone will be enough.

Hinata seemed to be training as well, and he hadn't seen her in a long time. Even if he wanted to make some progress on the quest, there was nothing he could do.